Agios Nikolaos

Agios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island's capital Heraklion, north of the city of Ierapetra and west of the city of Sitia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kremasta Monastery and Dreros.

Kremasta Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Liubomir G, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dreros

Archaeological site

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

Dreros, also Driros, near Neapoli in the regional unit of Lasithi, Crete, is a post-Minoan archaeological site, 16 km northwest of Agios Nikolaos. Known only by a chance remark of the 9th-century Byzantine grammarian Theognostus, archaeology of the site shows Dreros to have been initially colonised by mainland Greeks in the early Archaic Period about the same time as Lato and Prinias. Dreros is situated 4 km north of Agios Nikolaos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neapoli and Limnes.

Neapoli

Town

Photo: Nikos massios, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Neapoli is a small town and a former municipality in Lasithi, eastern Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been treated as a municipal unit of Agios Nikolaos. Neapoli is situated 4½ km northwest of Agios Nikolaos.

Limnes

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains.

Exo Lakkonia

Village

Exo Lakkonia is a traditional village with small population near Agios Nikolaos of Crete. It has a folklore museum and some traditional coffee shops and an old church of St.

Agios Nikolaos

Type: Locality with 26,100 residents
Also known as: “Dimos Agios Nikolaos”
Location: Lasithi, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.2214° or 35° 13′ 17″ north

Longitude

25.633° or 25° 37′ 59″ east

Population

26,100

Elevation

399 metres (1,309 feet)

Open location code

8G776JCM+H5

GeoNames ID

8133929

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In Other Languages

“Agios Nikolaos” goes by many names.

Greek: “Αγίου Νικολάου”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Archaeological site of Dreros and Lato.

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